Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transportation Funding

Last-Minute Deal Preserves Bike/Ped Funding. But For How Long?

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 16, 2011 | No Comments

UPDATED with comments from Sen. Tom Coburn’s staff. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has relented on his push to strip Transportation Enhancement funding from the six-month surface transportation extension, clearing the way for Senate passage last night and a White House signature today. In exchange for releasing his stranglehold on the Senate (and the estimated 80,000 […]

New Legislation Seeks to Lower Voter Threshold for Transit Tax Approval

By Damien Newton | Aug 29, 2011 | No Comments

A series of amendments proposed by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) to SB 791 would lower the threshold of voter approval for new taxes to fund transportation improvements from 67 percent to 50 percent. “SB 791 empowers local communities to meet their local transportation needs, improve regional mobility, and invest in high-priority, job-creating […]

One More Push Can Preserve Federal Safe Routes to School Funding

By Carolyn Szczepanski | Aug 18, 2011 | No Comments

This week, the Safe Routes to School National Conference convenes in Minneapolis, a progressive city determined to become the most bicycle friendly in the nation. But even here, far from the nation’s capital, in a region celebrated for its massive greenway system, drama inside the Beltway has instilled an air of urgency to the event. […]

Mica Transpo Bill Would Have Dire Impact on California Transit

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 11, 2011 | 1 Comment

Public transit programs in California could take a $468 million annual hit under the proposed transportation bill unveiled last week by Rep. John Mica (R-FL). The Mica plan would also potentially result in the loss of 17,565 annual jobs, according to an analysis [pdf] by Transportation for America. Overall, T4A predicts the scaled-down bill would […]

Rumor Mill: House Leadership Hostile to Transpo Reauthorization

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 28, 2011 | No Comments

A few weeks ago, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor published his list of bills the House will attempt to get through before the August recess. The transportation reauthorization was not among them. Rumor has it that House leadership has put the kibosh on Transportation Committee Chair John Mica’s plans to get a bill out of […]

USDOT Announces Funding For Transit Projects, Minus ARC Tunnel

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 28, 2011 | No Comments

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood yesterday announced $1.58 billion in New Starts grants that will fund 27 transit projects around the country. The only major difference between this list and the list of proposed projects that came out in February 2010 is the glaring absence of the ARC tunnel project that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie […]

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